BILL NUMBER: AB 975	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   610
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 5, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 2, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 3, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ducheny

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to add Section 1464.2 to the Penal Code, and to amend
Section 2936 of, and to repeal Sections 2937 and 2938 of, the Vehicle
Code, relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 975, Ducheny.  Vehicles:  motorcycle safety.
   (1) Existing law requires that there be levied a state penalty in
an amount equal to $10 for every $10 or fraction thereof upon every
fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for
criminal offenses, as specified.  The funds collected from the
penalty are required to be distributed with 30% to remain on deposit
in the county general fund and 70% to be deposited in the State
Penalty Fund.
   This bill would require that an amount of not more than  $250,000
per fiscal year of the moneys otherwise required to be deposited in
the State Penalty Fund be available, upon appropriation, for the
purposes of the motorcyclist safety program described below.
   (2) Existing law requires the Commissioner of the California
Highway Patrol to administer a specified motorcyclist safety program
and report to the Legislature by January 15 of each year on specified
subjects regarding the program.  The authority to collect fees under
the program is to expire on December 31, 2002, and the authority to
operate the program is to expire on January 1, 2003.
   This bill would provide that the report regarding the program
shall be submitted to the Senate Committee on Transportation, the
Assembly Committee on Transportation, and the Joint Legislative
Budget Committee not later than January 15 of each year.
   The bill would delete the expiration dates specified above and
would thereby extend the program indefinitely.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1464.2 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   1464.2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an amount of
not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per
fiscal year of the moneys otherwise required to be deposited in the
State Penalty Fund under subdivision (e) of Section 1464 shall be
available, upon appropriation, for the exclusive trust purposes
authorized under Article 2 (commencing with Section 2930) of Chapter
5 of Division 2 of the Vehicle Code.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2936 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   2936.  The commissioner shall report to the Senate Committee on
Transportation, the Assembly Committee on Transportation, and the
Joint Legislative Budget Committee not later than January 15 of each
year on all of the following:
   (a) The condition of the fund.
   (b) Identification of any contracts or grants made during the
year.
   (c) The amount of the grants or contracts.
   (d) The services to be provided pursuant to the grants or
contracts.
   (e) The group or agency contracted with to provide the services.

  SEC. 3.  Section 2937 of the Vehicle Code is repealed.
  SEC. 4.  Section 2938 of the Vehicle Code is repealed.
